ماهر

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Arabic

Root
م ه ر (m-h-r)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of مَهَرَ (mahara, to be skilled, to be proficient).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مَاهِر (māhir) (feminine مَاهِرَة (māhira), masculine plural مَاهِرُونَ (māhirūna) or مَهَرَة (mahara), feminine plural مَاهِرَات (māhirāt) or مُهَّر (muhhar), elative أَمْهَر (ʔamhar))

  1. skilled, skillful, proficient, adept
    Synonyms: بَارِع (bāriʕ), حَاذِق (ḥāḏiq), خَبِير (ḵabīr), مُجِيد (mujīd)

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: mahir
  • Ottoman Turkish: ماهر (mahir)
  • Indonesian: mahir

Proper noun

مَاهِر (māhirm

  1. a male given name, Mahir

Declension

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَاهِر (māhir).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? māhir
Dari reading? māhir
Iranian reading? mâher
Tajik reading? mohir

Adjective

ماهِر (mâher) (comparative ماهِرتَر (mâher-tar), superlative ماهِرتَرین (mâher-tarin))

  1. skilled, skillful, proficient, adept

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